Balenja
Beltangadi block · Dakshin Kannad
district, Karnataka · PIN 574217
· village code 617633
Population 2011
1,456
Census of India
Population 2020
1,622
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.4%
166 people · 1.2% a year
Households
438
+42.7% vs 307 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,456
Male / female
683 / 773
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,132
Children aged 0–6
149
Literacy rate
72.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
100 / 11
Working population
850
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
1.8%
Households
307
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
65
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
333
Non-farm households
105
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
155 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
155 / 65 / 155
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balanja panchayat, Beltangadi zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹45.63 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.18 lakh
Received directly
₹1.43 lakh
Spent
₹29.31 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹42.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.11 lakh · received ₹10.07 lakh · spent ₹12.67 lakh · left ₹17.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.51 lakh · received ₹15.11 lakh · spent ₹16.64 lakh · left ₹24.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
13.0270, 75.2150 —
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